Another Try At Flowers

GOLDENORFE

a few flower portraits from Bodnant Gardens.
C&C PLEASE , not sure if these are ok
cant seem to get many resonable compositions.

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/













comments please.
phil

teamracephotos

Flowers are difficult
Flowers are hard for me. I want to get the whole flower in focus but the distance between the petals and the center can seem so vast with a macro lens. I like all of them but #3 especial. MM

canon400d

teamracephotos wrote:

Flowers are hard for me. I want to get the whole flower in focus but the distance between the petals and the center can seem so vast with a macro lens. I like all of them but #3 especial. MM

Excellent shots again Phil. I love them all. I find it so difficult to use the MPE on a flower as I cannot get the whole flower head in so I have to use my 60mm macro and use the MPE if I just want the centre.
Regards
Bob

Lord Vetinari

Look pretty good to me
Have to admit I find flowers especially difficult anyway but with things like rhododendrons or azaleas with their long anthers and stamen makes it even more difficult from a composition POV.
The main point though is whether you like them- what would you think if someone else had posted these ?

Brian V.

Skippy

GOLDENORFE wrote:

a few flower portraits from Bodnant Gardens.
C&C PLEASE , not sure if these are ok
cant seem to get many resonable compositions.

phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

comments please.
phil

I love #3 & #4 Phil I planted a heap of bulbs a few weeks ago,
I'm praying they will flower and provide me with something pretty to take photos of.

You did fine .... Skippy
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GOLDENORFE

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Look pretty good to me
Have to admit I find flowers especially difficult anyway but with things like rhododendrons or azaleas with their long anthers and stamen makes it even more difficult from a composition POV.
The main point though is whether you like them- what would you think if someone else had posted these ?

Brian V.

thanks brian, resonably happy with them,#3 strongest. bug hunting much more interesting though.
phil.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

TwistedJ

Love it.....you have to excuse me I'm a macro freak gets me going.

Kevin

hi phil!
I quite enjoy #3 and then the last one, they are working very well for me.
rgds
kevin

TristanP

#3 is great. I agree, flower macros are harder to pull off.

GOLDENORFE

thanks for comments twisted,kevin & tristan.
#3 my fav.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Jack'll do

GOLDENORFE wrote:

thanks for comments twisted,kevin & tristan.
#3 my fav.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Nice series. 3 & 5 especially appeal to me.

DaddyO

Nice set of images.

I also agree that getting an interesting / quality flower photo is no where near as easy as one might think it would be. Michael